Reaching your goal is not the end!

Hello Everyone!

Unfortunately it is the last post on my blog because we have concluded all the assignments of this subject. It was a nice journey where we experienced new things and we taught that we can achieve a lot by putting little efforts. When we start working on something new there are specific goals in our minds. Our goal was to implement technology in our teaching process. I think that we have reached that goal, but this doesn't mean that we are done.  On the contrary, we should take it as an opportunity to move on and to implement it whenever we need. I wish everyone of you Good Luck in the direction you have chosen to follow. There are many new challenges waiting for us so be prepared.

Peer Review Partner

Hello Friends!

Hope you are overcoming these hot days and everything is going well with your assignments.

The post for this week is about choosing another partner for our final report and her task is to correct all our mistakes in our essay. I have chosen Eljada Muhametaj as a peer review and I will correct her mistakes too. All of us must publish their report in the Dropbox account and then they choose their partner to correct their grammatical, vocabulary mistakes and the organization of the paragraphs.  

Eljada's task is to review my essay and emphasize some important points where could I improve my writing and to put the events in a chronological order. We will do it through track changes and then upload our report.

Have a nice week  :)

Peer Review Partner

Hello Dear Colleagues!

Today my post is about my partner Sidorela as I collaborated with her in my final project. Working with her made me feel very comfortable and having self –esteem. She was the first to start with the lesson and presenting the main objectives. Her presentation was very clear and given out smoothly. I enjoyed working with her and sharing a lot of ideas. I would call her the best partner for sharing some work because she is so patient and easy going person. When we discussed about the topic it was easy to find information and to share as many ideas we could. I must admit that I find difficult to share my work with others since I prefer to work individually, but in this case she made it to me easier.
Have Fun Guys :)

Describing the steps we followed for our presentation, to mention the technological devices we used.

Hello Everyone!
Unfortunately we are reaching the end because this is the 10-th week that we have been writing in our blog. For this week everyone of us has to keep some kind of a journal in  order to put the steps in a chronological order. For those who hasn't finished with the project is very helpful, because they can establish the order they want to follow during their teaching. I think it is great because it is some kind of a diary that teachers keep always to plan their lesson. Before we start with teaching we need to clarify the objectives for our class, also to plan different exercises to reveal if they were following us during the explanation. As I have mentioned it we had to teach a part of grammar that is why we used different tools, starting with the blackboard and then with the emaze a great application which made our project more interesting. Teaching includes different elements because you have different characters in the class and you have to manage any kind of situation. That's why I think it is a thick line between what is said in theory and what is done in practice.
Have a nice weekend guys :) :)

Resources and Activities in our Final Project

Hey, How are you?
Before starting with the presentation of the 9-th week assignment I would like to wish you

May the holy month of the revelation of Koran, Usher upon you Peace, Happiness and Prosperity.


To refine our project by using multimedia we had also to use different activities that will help us in our teaching process.Me and my colleague wanted to use different forms to present our activities to our students. To make the lesson attractive we have chosen an interesting video that will test different skills that they possess. We find exercises very helpful because teachers need them to understand if their students have been attentive. Activities are a good way in engaging our students because they will think all the time how to solve the exercises.Furthermore, the teacher should know the level of the learners in order to select the exercises. Technology gives you a lot of opportunities to activate the class and to make use of different games. The more activities you use the more you will know about your students skills. Activities develop also the critical thinking because they want to solve correctly all types of exercises. The whole class tends to participate and actively engage in different exercises that the teacher might have created for them. The most important thing relies upon the student if they find the activities enjoyable and rewarding for their learning process.
Have a nice week :)

How do media elements influence our teaching? Which are some of the problems that teachers are facing in the real classrooms?

Hello Again 
As every Monday, I am sharing my opinion and discussing about the assignment for this week.We have to treat another issue related with our final project. The media elements that we will use in our traditional classrooms and also the problems that teachers face in their classrooms. The most important part of our project is technology; How will technology help us in teaching and learning? To use multimedia effectively in our classrooms we should know what our students need to learn.In fact,my topic has become more interesting by using different technological tools and I have used an incredible online application Emaze. Me and my partner could create different things to explain our lesson in a variety of ways. As I mentioned it in our dropbox account teachers encounter countless of problems in their classes but it is important to know the way how to manage these problems. Sometimes we hear that teachers has problems with the bad behaviour and the disrespect that students show in the class environment. Motivation is the key where to find the answer for all the problems that teachers encounter in different schools.Students are not motivated to learn, in this way they are distracted by doing other things excluding lesson.
Can you give an interpretation of the image?

The ESL Skills

Hello!
Here we are again by completing the 7-th week assignment by determining the ESL skills for our learners.I have chosen to teach the grammar skills since it is important for them and they need to use it in different dimensions of the English language. I think that our topic will help them a lot in distinguishing the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Sometimes they encounter difficulties in this part of grammar since English has a large lexicon and many confusing nouns.They need all the 21-st skills such as reading, speaking. writing and listening but they won't be able to put them in use without knowing the grammar rules. I will give you an insight of our future project by showing you a helpful video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUztCn_ldU&t=140s

The first step to accomplish our project

Hello Everyone!

The assignment for this week will help us to take the first step to create our final project.I have started by setting the goals and a brief description of my future class. My topic will be Countable and Uncountable nouns where my pupils will learn a lot about different nouns in English. I would rather explain to them the importance of Countable and Uncountable nouns by showing pictures of fruits or materials that they find difficult to distinguish their singularity and plurality.In order to be comprehensive we should emphasize the fact that there are some nouns that need a quantifier for example A few,some, several,much etc 

 Go to this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFUztCn_ldU

Let's provide some examples:

Would you like some coffee?	uncountable because it's referring to the drink in general
He ordered a coffee.	countable, because it's referring to a cup of coffee
There's no truth in the rumours.	uncountable, because it refers to the quality or state of being true
The fundamental truths about human nature.	countable, because it's referring to facts or beliefs that are true

Exploring WebQuest

Hello Dear Friends!

Hope you have done this week assignment as I think it was a little bit difficult and tough.We had to explore the webquest in order to find material for our final project.In my opinion, it is something interesting once you find yourself registered and having your own WebQuest. As I subscribed everything was too easy and you wanted to add more and more stuffs to the webpage.It allows you to explore in a guided and meaningful manner through the world of Internet.It looks alike a well planned lesson designed in a careful manner for the creative and innovative teachers.There are some benefits by using the Webquest because the amount of information that you want your students to know it is presented in a short and descriptive way. WebQuests are designed to use learners time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners thinking at the level of analysis.To sum up,exploring the webquest helps you to be creative and you will be able to use it for your final project.

Project-Based Learning

Hello! Hope you are having a good day ;-)
This new post is about the Project Based Learning how will we implement it in our classrooms.Being honestly as I read about the Project-Based learning I discovered that it has more drawbacks than advantages for us the new teachers.One of the reasons is that, Anywayl find it overwhelming and difficult to put it into practice.Another reason is that it focuses on in-depth investigations while constructing personally meaningful artifacts.This may be uncomfortable for students and teachers.Even though PBL it is based on the constructivist findings where students actively construct their understanding about the lesson. Moreover,gives students the opportunity to engage in real and meaningful problems that are important and helpful to them. PBL is an innovative approach to learning and it places the student in the center of the lesson.In addition to that we have also the cooperative learning implemented during their knowledge construction. Anyway the project-based learning has many benefits for the learners and we should do everything to help them.
See you at the next post :-D

ABCD Model for writing lesson objectives

Hello Friends!
Hope you have had a nice weekend and enjoyed the new experience with the blog.I am talking about the ABCD model for writing our lesson objectives and creating some useful exercises. I found it very interesting because it was easy to remember and to be put into practice from the initial letters of each word.To have a successful lesson all teachers should accomplish their objectives, what they want their students to achieve.Based on our objectives the students learn new skills and cooperate more with each other to achieve the goal of learning.An objective must have some criteria in order to fulfill the idea of having an organized lesson. Furthermore,I think that a lesson without objectives is like a blank page without words where you can't read anything.
See you in class :-D

Cooperative Learning

Hi Classmates!

I just watched the videos of Cooperative Learning or we can say The Kagan Structures. It is a revolutionary idea of Prof.Spencer by putting the students working together without prejudices about their race, origin and religion.The most important thing is that the teacher is there to teach and the learner to learn.They are not sat in rows as we usually see in our traditional classes but work and help each other in groups.The teacher gives them permission to stand up and share their work with their classmates.It is time to use this method in order in help the new generation to develop their ways of learning. The future of teaching is in our hands and we must try to get the best of this new method.
Have a nice day :)

Technology Class 2017

Hello Everyone!

Hope you are having a nice weekend!

I must emphasize the fact that opening this blog is one of the most special things I have done during my studentship. I have taken it as an exciting journey to learn new things about technology. Since is my first post I would like to talk about teaching. It is a topic that involves everyone of us as we share the aim of teaching. The protagonists in the teaching process The Teacher and the Learner. What can they both do to help each other? What is the role of technology in the teaching process? I want from you to answer these questions in this way to accomplish the goal of cooperative learning. Hope you discover many new things in this subject :-D